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<blockquote data-quote="Von Ether" data-source="post: 7927928" data-attributes="member: 15582"><p>To clarify again, I said "<strong>in comparison</strong>" in my previous post. You can still be fast and kick butt in BT, just not as fast nor as kicking compared to a cartoon where no one makes a several bad rolls in a row.</p><p></p><p>And several bad rolls in BT are just the worst.</p><p></p><p>I have seen a Locust jam down the highway, make a turn, fail a pilot check, and then become scrap metal on Turn One of a game. In BT, speed is life AND death. I know, I'm playing in a weekly game right now.</p><p></p><p>My team lost last Friday because two pilots couldn't even get their mechs to stand up for three turns of the game. In fact, they kept hurting themselves trying to do it. Not just the mech, the pilots were taking damage due to their "seat belt checks" as we call them.</p><p></p><p>That didn't seem graceful at all in <em>comparison </em>to anime mechs which can literally <em>pirouette </em>across a screen <em>and </em>move fast <em>and </em>beat you with your mech arm.</p><p></p><p>And while I thing dancing mechs would not fit the BT paradigm, they may have to make bad rolls less devastating in the next iteration of the game.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>More true than you know, video games have redefined the perception other hobbies. Gamer used to mean TTRPG and wargamer, not video gamer.</p><p></p><p>And right there is another example, why do we have to put a "TT" in front of RPG? D&D was the cornerstone of CRPGs and got here first -- but at some point that "C" in front of Computer RPGs was dropped so now the default phrase "RPG" means video game RPG to many more people than you and I.</p><p></p><p>It's become a pet peeve of mine.</p><p></p><p>Side note: I've seen DFA attempted many more time than it succeeded. Just because options are offered doesn't mean they are easily doable and back to that comparison that BT mechs can't dance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Von Ether, post: 7927928, member: 15582"] To clarify again, I said "[B]in comparison[/B]" in my previous post. You can still be fast and kick butt in BT, just not as fast nor as kicking compared to a cartoon where no one makes a several bad rolls in a row. And several bad rolls in BT are just the worst. I have seen a Locust jam down the highway, make a turn, fail a pilot check, and then become scrap metal on Turn One of a game. In BT, speed is life AND death. I know, I'm playing in a weekly game right now. My team lost last Friday because two pilots couldn't even get their mechs to stand up for three turns of the game. In fact, they kept hurting themselves trying to do it. Not just the mech, the pilots were taking damage due to their "seat belt checks" as we call them. That didn't seem graceful at all in [I]comparison [/I]to anime mechs which can literally [I]pirouette [/I]across a screen [I]and [/I]move fast [I]and [/I]beat you with your mech arm. And while I thing dancing mechs would not fit the BT paradigm, they may have to make bad rolls less devastating in the next iteration of the game. More true than you know, video games have redefined the perception other hobbies. Gamer used to mean TTRPG and wargamer, not video gamer. And right there is another example, why do we have to put a "TT" in front of RPG? D&D was the cornerstone of CRPGs and got here first -- but at some point that "C" in front of Computer RPGs was dropped so now the default phrase "RPG" means video game RPG to many more people than you and I. It's become a pet peeve of mine. Side note: I've seen DFA attempted many more time than it succeeded. Just because options are offered doesn't mean they are easily doable and back to that comparison that BT mechs can't dance. [/QUOTE]
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